Information receiving system, information receiving method, information providing device, information providing method, information providing method providing medium, information processing device, information processing method and information processing method providing medium

ABSTRACT

An information providing device for providing various provide information formed with the predetermined format responding to a transfer request, and the information receiving system comprised of information processing device for receiving the provide information to be transmitted from the information providing device via the predetermined network and conducting information processing; the information providing device forms provide information by describing the comment data with the format readable by the information processing device in the comment area set with the format according to the predetermined program of the provider side, the information processing device receives the provided information to be transmitted via the network, and analyzing this according to the predetermined analyzing program, reads out the comment data of comment area, and delivers the comment data to the predetermined application software and conducts the predetermined information processing according to the application software.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an information receiving system,information receiving method, information providing device, informationproviding method, information providing method providing medium,information processing device, information processing method and aninformation processing method providing medium, and more particularly,is suitably applied to the case of capturing the desired provideinformation automatically from the Web page on the Internet and handingit over to the application software risen on the personal computer andregistering it, for example.

2. Description of the Related Art

Heretofore, in the computer network via Internet, there exist multipleWorld Wide Web (WWW) servers on the network. And the client can obtainthe user-desired information by receiving the Web page provided by theWWW server.

More specifically, heretofore the point information regarding thespecific place displayed on the Web page to be supplied from the WWWserver has been captured into the client and registered and memorizedconnectioning to the map software risen on the client.

In this case, the WWW server side, after putting the point informationincluding at least the latitude, longitude, address and telephonenumbers in the file and memorizing these in the hard disc, describeshyperlink on the file using the hyper text markup language (HTML) andholds the file.

The client displays the Web page whenever downloading the HTML file andanalyzing by the Web browser. And when an anchor on the Web pagedisplayed is clicked by the user, the client downloads the file of pointinformation hyperlinked from the server and analyzes, and as well asregistering the point information on the map displayed by the mapsoftware risen by itself and memorizing, displays the Icon connected tothe point information.

In practice, in the map database called as “map server” (a trademark)and its display program, hyperlink to file itself including the pointinformation such as

<a href=“/rdw1010/31.mps”>script</a>

is described in the map server script.

Here, “/rdw1010/31.mps” in the HTML file shows the script “31.mps”existing in “rdw1010” directory of the server. Accordingly, when the“script” part marked up on the Web page is clicked, the client downloadsthe script “31.mps” and captures into the map software risen by itself.

However, in the WWW server of the computer network thus constructed,since all point information have to be put in file and stored in thehard disc, it has caused a problem that workload of the server hasbecome large.

Moreover, since the client, after displaying the dialog, such as“execute download” once via the Web browser, downloads from Internettaking some communicating time corresponding to the volume of data whenthe anchor on the Web page is clicked, the processing time is requiredbefore registering the point information on the map displayed by the mapsoftware. And it created a problem that the registration processing ofthe point information could not be executed in real time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing, an object of this invention is to provide aninformation receiving system, an information receiving method, aninformation providing device, information providing method, aninformation providing method providing medium, an information processingmethod and an information processing method providing medium capable ofreceiving the provide information with further ease via network.

The foregoing object and other objects of the invention have beenachieved by the provision of an information receiving system; in thecase of transmitting various provide information formed with thepredetermined format responding to the transfer request from theinformation providing device via the predetermined network and receivingthe information by the information processing device and conducting theinformation processing, the information providing device forms provideinformation by describing the comment data readable by the informationprocessing device in the comment area set by the format according to theprogram of the predetermined provider and transmits to the informationprocessing device via the network. And the information processingdevice, receiving the provide information to be transmitted via thenetwork, analyzes according to the predetermined analyzing program, andreading out the comment data described in the comment area, delivers itto the predetermined application software and conducts the predeterminedinformation processing according to the application software.

Furthermore in the information receiving system and the informationreceiving method according to the present invention, since provideinformation formed by describing the comment data with the formatreadable by the information processing device into the scrip area istransmitted from the information providing device to the informationprocessing device, the provide information received by the informationprocessing device is analyzed according to the predetermined analyzingprogram, and the comment data described in the comment area is read outand handed over to the predetermined application software, and thepredetermined information processing is conducted according to theapplication software, the information processing device can immediatelyobtain the comment data and can capture into the predetermined softwarejust by reading out the comment data of the comment area described bythe information providing device in advance from the provide informationreceived without downloading from the information providing device.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, in the case ofproviding various provide information formed with the predeterminedformat to the information processing device connected via thepredetermined network responding to the transfer request from theinformation processing device, the provide information will be formed bydescribing the comment data with the format that the informationprocessing device can read into the comment area set by the formataccording to the program of the predetermined provider side and theinformation will be transmitted to the information processing device viathe network.

In the information providing device and the information providing methodaccording to the present invention, since provide information will beformed by describing the comment data with the format readable by theinformation processing device into the comment area set with thepredetermined format and the provide information will be transmitted tothe information processing device via the network, the informationprocessing device can obtain the comment data immediately and captureinto the predetermined application software just by reading out thecomment data of the comment area described by the information providingdevice from the provide information received without downloading fromthe information providing device.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, in the informationproviding method providing medium in which programs for supplyingvarious provide information formed with the predetermined format to theinformation processing device connected via the predetermined networkresponding to the transfer request from the information processingdevice, makes the information providing device execute the programs,comprising the steps of; forming providing information by describing thecomment data with the format readable by the information processingdevice in the comment area set with the format according to thepredetermined programs of the provider side and transmitting the provideinformation formed by the step of forming information to the informationprocessing device via the network.

Since the information providing device forms provide information bydescribing the comment data with the format readable by the informationprocessing device in the comment area set with the predetermined formataccording to the program memorized in the information providing methodproviding medium and by transmitting the provide information to theinformation processing device via the network, the informationprocessing device can immediately obtain the comment data and captureinto the predetermined application software by just reading out thecomment data of the comment area described by the information providingdevice in advance from the provide information received withoutdownloading from the information providing device.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, various provideinformation formed with the predetermined format are transmitted fromthe information providing device responding to the transfer request viathe predetermined network and in the case of receiving the transmittedprovide information and conducting the information processing, theprovide information formed by describing the comment data of readableformat in the comment area set with the format will be received via thenetwork, the received information will be analyzed according to thepredetermined analyzing program, the comment data described in thecomment area will be read out, the comment data read out will be handedover to the predetermined application software, and the predeterminedinformation processing will be conducted according to the applicationsoftware.

In the information processing device and the information processingmethod according to the present invention, since provide information inwhich comment data of readable format is described in the comment areaset with the predetermined format will be received from the informationproviding device, the comment data of the comment area is read out fromthe provide information received and handed over to the predeterminedapplication software and the predetermined information processing willbe conducted according to the application software, the comment data canbe obtained immediately and captured into the predetermined applicationsoftware by just reading out the comment data of the comment areadescribed by the information providing device in advance from theprovide information received without downloading from the informationproviding device.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, in the informationprocessing method providing medium in which programs for transmittingvarious information formed with the predetermined format from theinformation providing device responding to the transfer request via thepredetermined network and for receiving the transmitted information andconducting the information processing are memorized, and makes theinformation processing device execute the programs, comprising the stepsof; receiving provide information formed by describing the comment datawith readable format in the comment area set with the format vianetwork, analyzing the provide information received by the step ofreceiving according to the analyzing program and reading out the commentdata described in the comment area, and controlling for delivering thecomment data read out by the step of analyzing to the predeterminedapplication software and for conducting the predetermined informationprocessing according to the application software.

According to the program memorized in the information processing methodproviding medium, the information processing device receives provideinformation formed by describing the comment data with readable formatin the comment area set with the predetermined format via the networkand analyzes these according to the predetermined analyzing program, andreading out the comment data described in the comment area, hands itover to the predetermined application software and conducts thepredetermined information processing according to the applicationsoftware. Thus, the information processing device can immediately obtainthe comment data just by reading the comment data of the comment areadescribed by the information providing device in advance from theprovide information received without conducting download from theinformation providing device and can capture into the predeterminedapplication software.

The nature, principle and utility of the invention will become moreapparent from the following detailed description when read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like parts aredesignated by like reference numerals or characters.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a brief linear block diagram showing the construction of apoint information receiving system according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the construction of the WWW server ofthe point information receiving system;

FIG. 3 is a brief linear perspective view showing the externalconstruction of a client of the point information receiving system;

FIG. 4 is a brief linear sketch showing the front construction of themain unit;

FIG. 5 is a left side sketch showing the state in which the display unitis closed to the main unit;

FIG. 6 is a right side sketch showing the state in which the displayunit is opened 180 degree to the main unit;

FIG. 7 is a sketch showing the construction of bottom surface of themain unit;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the circuit construction of client;

FIG. 9 is a brief linear diagram showing a map screen displayed on theliquid crystal display;

FIG. 10 is a brief linear diagram showing the top page of the pointinformation retrieval home page;

FIG. 11 is a brief linear diagram showing the display contents of theretrieval result screen;

FIG. 12 is a brief linear diagram showing the data construction of theHTML file formed by the WWW server;

FIG. 13 is a brief linear diagram showing the display contents of theWeb page;

FIG. 14 is a brief linear diagram showing the point information of theWeb page input on the map screen; and

FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing the automatic capture processingprocedure of the point information in the Web page.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT

Preferred embodiments of this invention will be described with referenceto the accompanying drawings:

(1) General Construction of Map Information Receiving System

In FIG. 1, 100 generally shows a point information receiving system asthe information receiving system according to the present invention. TheWorld Wide Web (WWW) server 102 as the information providing devicepossessed by the Internet service provider (hereinafter referred to asprovider) 101 and the client 103 as the information processing deviceare connected via Internet 104, and hyper text markup language (HTML)file to be supplied from the WWW server 3 will be received by the client4 and being analyzed by the World Wide Web (WWW) browser, the Web pagewill be displayed on the screen.

(2) Construction of WWW Server

As shown in FIG. 2, the WWW server 102 is connected to Internet 104 viaa router, and central processing unit (CPU) 106 receives a transferrequest of the Web page on the specific point information from theclient 103 via an interface 105 and a bus 110.

The CPU 106, reading out the HTML file forming program stored in thehard disc drive (HDD), rises it on the RAM 108, and after retrieving andreading out the specific point information file from the pointinformation file database 109 according to the HTML file formingprogram, forms the HTML file based on the point information andtransmits this to the client 103 via the interface 105 and the router.

More specifically, when the transfer request of the point information isreceived from the client 103, the WWW server 102 reads out the specificinformation file from the point information file database 109 usingcommon gateway interface (CGI) from that point and forms HTML filedynamically. Thus, it is unnecessary to form and memorize the HTML fileon the specific point information in advance.

Accordingly, since it is not required for the WWW server 102 to form andhold the HTML file on all point information in advance, such as memorydevice to hold the HTML file becomes unnecessary and workload of theserver itself will be decreased.

(3) Construction of Client

Next, the construction of the client 103 in the point informationreceiving system 100 will be explained in the following paragraphs.

(3-1) External Construction of Client

As shown in FIG. 3, the client 103 is formed of a portable personalcomputer device, smaller than B-5 size, and comprises a main body 2 anda display unit 3 attached open/close free to the main body 2.

The main body 2 is equipped with multiple operation keys 4 for inputtingvarious characters, symbols and numbers, a stick type pointing device 5to operate when moving the cursor to be input displayed on the displayunit 3, a build-in speaker 6, a shutter button 7 to operate whenshooting images by the charge coupled device (CCD) camera 23 provided inthe display unit 3.

In front of the display unit 3, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 21 isprovided and an image pickup unit 22 equipped with a CCD camera 23attached to the display unit 3 rotation free at the front center upperedge part.

More specifically, the image pick-up unit 22 can conduct the positioningto the optional position by rotating within the angle range of 180°between the front direction and rear direction of the display unit 3.Moreover, as shown in FIG. 4, an adjusting ring 25 to conduct the focusadjustment of the CCD camera 23 is provided in the image pick-up unit22.

Furthermore, in front of the display unit 3 (FIG. 3) a microphone 24 isprovided on the left side of the image pick-up unit 22, and sounds canbe also obtained from the back side (FIG. 7) of the display unit 3 viathe microphone 24.

Furthermore, at the lower edge center part of the front surface in thedisplay unit 3, a power source lamp PL formed of light emitting diode(LED), a buttery lamp BL, a message lamp ML and other lampscorresponding to various other uses are provided.

Furthermore, at the upper center part of the display unit 3, a hook 13is provided on the left side of the microphone 24, and a hole 8 isprovided on the predetermined position of the main unit 2 correspondingto the hook 13. And when the display unit 3 is closed covering the mainunit 2, the hook 13 is connected to the hole 8 and locked.

As shown in FIG. 4, a slide lever 9 is provided in front of the mainunit 2. And by sliding the slide lever 9 in the direction shown by anarrow along the front, locked condition of the hook 13 connected withthe hole 8 will be released and the display unit 3 can be opened withrespect to the main unit 2.

Furthermore, in front of the main unit 2, a programmable power key (PPKkey) 10 for putting the electric source on and rising the predeterminedapplication software (hereinafter referred to as application) by onlyone button operation and for executing a series of operations preset isprovided at the left edge part, and multiple air aspiration holes 11 areprovided at the right edge part.

On the left side surface of the main unit 2, as shown in FIG. 6, asliding type electric source switch 40, a 4-pin compatible Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394 terminal 41, universalserial bus (USB) terminal 42, a microphone input terminal 43, aheadphone terminal 44 and an infrared port 45 compliant with theinfrared data association (IrDA) are provided.

On the right side surface of the main unit 2, as shown in FIG. 6, an airexhausting hole 12 is provided. And a PC card slot 13 for insertingpersonal computer memory card international association (PCMCIA) card(hereinafter referred to as PC card) is provided on the right side ofthe air exhausting hole 12.

Moreover, on the bottom surface of the main unit 2, as shown in FIG. 7,a cover 26 to cover the opening 25 for attaching an expansion memory anda hook inserting hole 48 for releasing the locking hook of the cover 26are provided.

(3-2) Circuit Construction of Client

As shown in FIG. 8, in the main unit 2 of the client 103, a centralprocessing unit (CPU) 52, a personal computer (PC) card slot 13, randomaccess memory (RAM) 54, a graphics processing circuit 55 for formingimages to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 of the displayunit 3, and an IEEE interface 56 connected to the IEEE1394 terminal 41for inputting digital data connecting to other computer devices andexternal equipments are connected to a peripheral component interconnect(PCI) bus 51 of the starting sequence control unit 83.

The CPU 52 is a controller to generally control various functions of themain unit 2, and it can execute various functions by executing variousprograms loaded on the RAM 54.

The PCI bus 51 is connected to an industrial standard architecture (ISA)bus 59, and a hard disc drive 60, In/Out (I/O) controller 61, a keyboardcontroller 62, a pointing device controller 63, a sound chip 64, a LCDcontroller 65, a modem 66 and USB interface 67 are connected to the ISAbus 59.

At this point, the keyboard controller 62 controls the input of controlsignal according to pressing down the operation key 4 (FIG. 3). And thepointing device controller 63 controls the input of control signal bythe stick type pointing device 5 (FIG. 3).

Furthermore, the sound chip 64 captures sound input from the microphone.24 (FIG. 3) or supplies sound signal to a built-in speaker 6 (FIG. 3).The modem 66 is connected to the WWW server 102 of the provider 101 viathe public telephone circuit 90 and Internet 104. In this connection,the USB interface 67 is connected to the USB terminal 42 and connectsthe peripheral equipments such as the USB mouse and the floppy diskdrive.

In the hard disc drive 60, a capture software 60A, a digital mapsoftware 60B and an operating system (OS) 60C formed of Window 98(trademark), and an image automatic capture software 60D to captureimage data photographed by the CCD camera 23 automatically and variousapplication softwares (not shown in Figure) are stored in the hard discdrive 60 and will be read out by the CPU 52 as required and loaded onthe RAM 54.

The I/O controller 61 comprises an I/O interface 69, a CPU 70, and aread only memory (ROM) 71 formed of electrically erasable andprogrammable read only memory (EEPROM) and a RAM 72 which are connectedto each other, and the present time is constantly supplied by theReal-Time Clock (RTC) 81.

A basic input/output system (BIOS) 73, a wakeup program 74, a key inputmonitor program 75 and a LED control program 76 are stored in the ROM 71of the I/O controller 61, and the RAM 72 is equipped with a key inputstatus register 77, set time register 78, LED control register 79 and akey compatible application register 80.

The key input status register 77 stored in the RAM 72 can store theoperation key flag, and the CPU 70 monitors whether the one-touchoperation PPK key 10 (FIG. 4) is pressed or not based on the key inputmonitor program 75, and when the PPK key 10 is pressed down, the CPU 70stores the operation key flag in the key input status register 77.

Furthermore, the setting time register 78 can store time information,the start time set optionally by the user in advance. And the CPU 70detects whether the current time to be supplied from the RTC 81 becomesthe optionally set start time or not based on the wakeup program 74 andwhen it becomes the start time, the CPU 70 executes the predeterminedprocessing.

Furthermore, the key compatible application register 80 memorizes therelationship between the PPK key 10, the operation key 4 formed ofmultiple combinations and the application to be started corresponding tothe PPK key 10 and the preset combination of operation key 4. And whenthe PPK key 10 or the preset combined operation key 4 is pressed, theCPU 70 transmits the control data for starting the pertinent applicationto the CPU 52 via the ISA bus 59 and the PCI bus 51, and the CPU 52starts the application software according to the control data.

Furthermore, when the application software memorized in the keycompatible application register 80 is started and the operationterminates, the LED control register 79 stores the end flag, and whenthe CPU 70 detects that the end flag is stored in the LED controlregister 79 based on the LED control program 76, it lights up themessage lamp ML.

In this connection, when the power source switch 40 is pressed, the LEDcontrol register 79 stores a power source flag, and when the main unit 2functions by the power source voltage to be supplied from the battery,the LED control register 79 stores battery flag. Accordingly, when theCPU 70 detects that the power source flag or the battery flag is storedbased on the LED control program, it lights up the electric power sourcelamp PL and the battery lamp BL.

Here, since the backup battery 82 is connected to the I/O controller 61,each data of the key input status register 77, the setting time register78, the LED control register 79 and the key-compatible applicationregister 80 of the RAM 72 can be held even when the power source switch40 of the main unit 2 is off condition and the electric power is notsupplied from the power source (not shown in Figure).

Furthermore, the reverse switch 88 connected to the I/O controller 61 isput ON when the image pick-up unit 22 (FIG. 3) is turned 180° in thedirection of photographing the reversed side of the liquid crystaldisplay 21 of the display unit 3, and informs the CPU 70 of thiscondition. Moreover, PPK key 10 also informs the CPU 70 of thatcondition as in the case when the reverse switch 88 is pressed.

Moreover, when the shutter button 7 provided on the upper surface of themain unit 2 is half-pressed, the half-press switch 86 is on and informsthe CPU 70 of the I/O controller 61 of this condition. And when theshutter button 7 is full pressed, the full-press switch 87 is on andinforms the CPU 70 of the I/O controller 61 of this condition.

More specifically, when the user presses the shutter button 7 andbecomes half-pressed state under the condition in which the capturesoftware 60A of the hard disc drive 60 is started, the CPU 70 of the I/Ocontroller 61 enters the still picture mode, and executes freeze of thestill picture by controlling the CCD camera 23. And when it becomes thefull-pressed condition, the CPU 70 captures the frozen still image dataand transmits this to the data processing unit 85.

On the other hand, when it enters the animated picture mode not risingthe capture software 60A, the CPU 70 of the I/O controller 61 capturesthe animated pictures up to 60 seconds at the maximum and transmits thisto the data processing unit 85.

Furthermore, the I/O controller 61 controls the graphics processingcircuit 55 connected to the PCI bus 51. And after conducting thepredetermined data processing to the image data formed of still pictureor animated picture captured by the CCD camera 23 at the data processingunit 85, the I/O controller 61 enters this into the graphics processingcircuit 55.

The graphics processing circuit 55, after storing the image datasupplied in the built-in video random access memory (VRAM) 55A andreading it out as required, transmits to the LCD controller 65 andstores in the hard disc drive 60 as occasion demands.

The LCD controller 65, as well as controlling the back light 84 of thedisplay unit 3 and lighting it up from behind the liquid crystal display21, outputs image data supplied from the graphics processing circuit 55to the liquid crystal display 21 and displays this on the display.

On the other hand, in the case where the digital map software 60B readout from the hard disc drive 60 is risen on the RAM 54, the CPU 52transmits the map data based on the digital map software 60B to thegraphics processing circuit 55.

At this point, the graphics processing circuit 55 forms map image datato display on the liquid crystal display 21 based on the map datasupplied and stores in the VRAM 55A, and reading these out whenrequired, transmits to the LCD controller 65.

With this arrangement, the LCD controller 65 displays the map pictureonto the liquid crystal display 21 of the display unit 3 based on themap image data supplied from the graphics processing circuit 55.

Furthermore, the PC card slot 13 connected to the PCI bus 51 will beattached via the PC card (not shown in Figure) as required when addingthe optional function and to receive data from the CPU 52 via the PCcard. For example, when PCMCIA type global positioning system (GPS) card57 is attached to the PC card slot 13, radio waves from the GPSsatellite will be received by the GPS antenna 58 connected to the GPScard 57 and the present positioning data can be obtained.

Thus, the GPS card 57 transmits the current positioning data (latitudedata, longitude data and altitude data) received through the GPS antenna58 to the CPU 52 via the PCI bus 51.

In this case, the CPU 52 transmits the present positioning data to thegraphics processing circuit 55, and after forming an arrow mark Iconshowing the present position based on the current positioning data bythe graphics processing circuit 55, displays an arrow mark Iconoverlapping onto the map image of the liquid crystal display 21 via theLCD controller 65.

With this arrangement, the liquid crystal display 21 can display thearrow mark ICON moving on the map image based on the positioning datadetected by the GPS card 57.

(4) Automatic Capture of Point Information specified by Web Page

Next, in the point information receiving system 100, the processing thatautomatically capturing the point information on the Web page suppliedfrom the WWW server 102 to the client 103 into the digital map software60B and registering will be described in detail in the followingparagraphs.

In practice, the client 103, by rising the digital map software 60Bafter reading it out from the hard disc drive 60 on the RAM 54 by theCPU 52 (FIG. 8), and controlling the graphics processing circuit 55 andthe LCD controller 65, displays a map screen 120 as shown in FIG. 9 onthe liquid crystal display 21 of the display unit 3. Here, the map ofthe user desired area selected is displayed.

If a help button 121 on the map screen 120 is selected by the user, theCPU 52 displays the predetermined dialog box 122 right below the helpbutton 121. In this dialog box 122, in addition to the selection buttonsfor using the digital map software and key operation guide, theselection buttons of the digital map software home page and the pointinformation detection home page to detect the point information aredisplayed.

If the selection button of point information detection home page isclicked from the dialog box 122 displayed on the map screen 120, the CPU52 accesses to the WWW server 102 of the provider 101 via the telephonecircuit 90 and Internet 104 by the modem 66, receives the pointinformation detection home page, and displays the top page 125 of thepoint information detection home page on the liquid crystal display 21as shown in FIG. 10.

In the top page 125 of the point information detection home page, theplace name and key word for detecting the desired point information canbe entered into the detection condition input area 126, and when thedetection button 127 is clicked after the detection condition is enteredby the user, the CPU 52 transmits the detection condition data to theWWW server 102 of the provider 101.

The WWW server 102 executes the detection processing based on thedetection condition data supplied from the client 103 and returns thedetection result to the client 103.

The client 103, after receiving the detection result from the WWW server102, displays the detection result screen 128 as shown in FIG. 11 on theliquid crystal display 21 by the control of the CPU 52. In thisdetection result screen 128, the plural number of Roumen shopscorresponding to the detection condition input by the user (in thiscase, the place name is Yokohama City, and the key word is Roumen). Andif the number 2 anchor “Roumen, Kamakura” is clicked from among theseuser desired shop names, the CPU 52 conducts the transfer request of theWeb page showing detailed contents on the number 2 shop to the WWWserver 102 of the provider 101.

Upon receiving the transfer request from the client 103, the WWW server102 (FIG. 2) reads out the HTML file forming program of the hard discdrive 107, and reading out the point information file on the number 2shop specified according to the HTML file forming program from the pointinformation file database 109, forms HTML file actively and returns thisto the client 103.

At this point, the data construction of the HYML file formed by the WWWserver 102 will be described referring to FIG. 12. This HYML file isdivided into the display data describing area R1, the object tagdescribing area R2 and the comment tag describing area R3.

In the display data describing area R1, display data regarding the pointinformation showing the location and details of stores are described bythe HTML tag and being analyzed by the WWW browser (Internet explorer(trademark)) attached to the OS (Window 98 (trademark)) 60C of theclient 103 and displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 as the normalWeb page.

The data to embed the auxiliary program to realize the processing thatis difficult to conduct by the HTML on the WWW browser (such as ActiveXcontrol (trademark) is described in the object tag describing area R2,and of these the start button of the auxiliary program (to be describedlater) corresponding to the class ID (CLASSID) will be displayed on thespecified area of the Web page.

Here, the auxiliary program is arranged to start on the WWW browser ofthe client 103, and this is an object (program) installed in advanceaccompanied with the digital map software 60B stored in the hard disc ofthe hard disc drive 60.

The format that the CPU 52 of the client 103 can read out according tothe supplemental program when the capture button displayed on the Webpage is clicked, i.e., the point information using the HTML comment tagis described in the comment tag describing area R3. And here, contentsare the same as those of the display data described in the display datadescribing area R1 on the location and details of the shop.

However, in the case where the capture button displayed on the Web pageis not clicked, the point information of the store described in thecomment tag describing area R3 would not be read out by the CPU 52normally but it is skipped.

Moreover, as the detailed content of the point information described inthe comment tag describing area R3 is the same as shown in the normalWeb page. Moreover, the map data regarding the latitude and longitude ofthe store described as “POSITION=127522880:502585147”, and category ofthe store described as “CATEGORYCODE=1” (in this case, equivalent to“gourmet spot”) are included.

In practice, when the HTML file of this data construction is transmittedfrom the WWW server 102 to the client 103 and analyzed by the WWWbrowser of the client 103, Web page as shown in FIG. 13 will bedisplayed on the liquid crystal display 21.

Web page 130 is detailed page of the store selected by the user from thedetection result screen 128. A still picture 151 formed by the pictureof the shop “Roumen Kamakura” selected, the detailed information 152such as address, telephone number, FAX, service hour and day off, andcomment of the shop 153 are displayed based on the display data of thedisplay data describing area R1 and also the start button 131 of theauxiliary program is displayed on the predetermined area of the lowerleft part.

At this point, the auxiliary program is risen on the RAM 54 at the timepoint when the Web page 130 is displayed on the liquid crystal display21.

In this Web page 130, in the case of registering the point informationon the map screen 120 to be displayed by the digital map software 60Bafter the user confirms the detailed contents of the store, click thestart button 131.

Thus, in the client 103, the CPU 52 reads out the point information ofthe store described in the comment tag describing area R3 based on theauxiliary program risen on the RAM 54 and hands over the pointinformation to the digital map software 60B.

At this point, the CPU 52 rises a capture flag showing that it handedover the point information to the digital map software 60B. And byconfirming the condition of capture flag even when the start button 131is clicked again, it can prevent delivering the point information to thedigital map software 60B again.

At the same time, the CPU 52 changes the color of the edge of startbutton 131 corresponding to the condition of capture flag. And when itrises a capture flag, the CPU 52 changes the color of the edge of startbutton 131 to red and displays this. Thus, the client 103, by changingthe color to red and displaying the edge of the start button 131, makesthe user recognize that the point information has been handed over tothe digital map software 60B by clicking the start button 131.

Then, as shown in FIG. 14, the client 103 displays the user point Icon135 with the predetermined mark corresponding to the category code onthe predetermined position of the map screen 120 based on the map dataregarding the latitude and longitude of the shop described as“POSITION=127522830:502585147” (FIG. 12) from the point information ofthe comment tag describing area R3 read out by the CPU 52 according tothe auxiliary program. That is, in the map screen 120, the shop “RoumenKamakura” exists on the position displayed by the user point Icon 135.

In this connection, the map data regarding the latitude and longitudeare converted with the predetermined format displayable by the digitalmap software 60B, and these are different from the actual latitude andlongitude data.

At the same time, the client 103 pasts and displays the still picture151 formed by the shop photo of “Roumen Kamakura” onto the still picturedisplay area 138 of “comment/picture” column 137 in the users pointregistration screen 136 displayed on the left side area of the mapscreen 120 based on the digital map software 60B according to the pointinformation, and also displays the comment 153 from the shop on thecomment column 139.

Furthermore, at this moment, the client 103 stores the point informationread out from the comment tag describing area R3 into the hard discdrive 60 corresponding to the users point Icon 135.

With this arrangement, when the users point Icon 135 is clicked, theclient 103 can read out the point information memorized corresponding tothe users point Icon 135 based on the control of the CPU 52 and candisplay the users point registration screen 136 on which display picture151 and comment 153 are pasted.

In this connection, in the users point registration screen 136, “userspoint” showing the position set by the user is automatically displayedon the command panel 140 and “Roumen Kamakura” showing the name of shopis automatically displayed on the title panel 141. And moreover,“gourmet spot” showing the category corresponding to the category codeis automatically displayed on the category panel 142 and the users pointIcon 135 formed of a picture of a knife and fork corresponding to“gourmet spot” of the category code is automatically displayed on theIcon display panel 143.

Then next, the automatic capture processing procedure for registeringthe point information of the Web page displayed on the liquid crystaldisplay 21 by the CPU 52 of the client 103 corresponding to the positionon the map screen 120 displayed by the digital map software 60B will beexplained in the following paragraphs referring to a flow chart of FIG.15.

The CPU 52 of the client 103, entering from the start step of Rt1, movesto the step SP1. At the step SP1, the CPU 52 displays Web page 130showing the point information of the store selected by the user on theliquid crystal display 21 based on the display data described in thedisplay data describing area R1 of HTML file, and moves to the followingstep SP2.

At the step SP2, the CPU 52, as well as displaying the start button 131corresponding to the auxiliary program on the predetermined position ofthe Web page 130 based on the data described in the object tagdescribing area Rt2 of the HTML file, initializes the capture flag andmoves to the following step SP3.

At the step SP3, the CPU 52 judges whether the start button 131 of theWeb page 130 is clicked by the user or not. And if a negative result isobtained, this means that the start button 131 has not been clicked, andat this moment the CPU 52 returns to the step SP3 and waits till thestart button 131 is clicked on the other hand, if an affirmative resultis obtained at the step SP3, this means that the start button 131 isclicked by the user, and at this moment the CPI 52 proceeds to thefollowing step SP4.

At the step SP4, the CPU 52 executes the analyzing processing onto thecomment tag describing area R3 in the HTML file by clicking the startbutton 131 and moves to the step SP5.

At the step SP5, the CPU 52 judges whether detailed contents of the shopshowing the point information is described in the comment tag describingarea R3 or not. At this point, if a negative result is obtained, thismeans that the point information of the store is not described in thecomment tag describing area R3 and at this moment the CPU 52 returns tothe step SP3 and repeats the processing described above.

On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained, this shows thatthe point information of the store is described in the comment tagdescription area R3, and at this moment the CPU 52 moves to thefollowing step SP6.

At the step SP4, the CPU 52 judges whether the point information showingdetailed contents of the store described in the comment tag describingarea R3 has been already handed over to the digital map software 60B ornot based on the condition of capture flag. At this point, if anaffirmative result is obtained, this shows that the point informationhas been already handed over to the digital map software 60B, and theCPU 52 proceeds to the following step SP7.

At the step SP7, the CPU 52 executes the processing to display the mapscreen 120 according to the digital map software 60B on the front screenof the liquid crystal display 21 and moves to the following step SP5.

At the step SP8, the CPU 52 displays the map screen 12 of the area parton which the users point Icon 135 is registered and returns to the stepSP3.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained at the step SP6,this shows that the capture flag is not risen and the point informationshowing detailed contents of the store has not been handed to thedigital map software 60B, and at this moment, the CPU 52 moves to thefollowing step SP9.

At the step SP9, the CPU 52 reads out the point information described inthe comment tag describing area R3 according to the supplemental programand moves to the following step SP10.

At the step SP10, the CPU 52 delivers the point information read outfrom the comment tag describing area R3 to the digital map software 60Band moves to the following step SP11.

At the step SP11, the CPU 52 executes the processing to display the mapscreen 120 by the digital map software 60B on the top screen of theliquid crystal display 21 and moves to the next step SP12.

At the step SP12, the CPU 52 rises a capture flag since it delivered thepoint information to the digital map software 60B, and displays theusers point Icon 135 on the position on the map screen 120 according tothe latitude and longitude from the point information. And the CPU 52,as well as pasting and displaying the still picture formed by thepicture of shop on the still picture display area 138 in the users pointregistration screen 136, displays the comment 153 of the shop on thecomment column 139, and moves to the following step SP13. At this point,the CPU 52 stores the point information in the hard disc drive 60corresponding to the users point Icon 135.

At the step SP13, the CPU 52 delivers the point information read outfrom the comment tag describing area R3 to the digital map software 60B.And since the registration processing of the users point Icon 135 isterminated, the CPU 52 after displaying the edge of the start button 131in red, moves to the step SP3 and terminates the processing.

(5) Operation and Effects of the Embodiment

According to the foregoing construction, when Number 2 anchor (Roumenkamakura) is clicked from the detection result screen 128 (FIG. 11), theclient 103 outputs a transfer request of the Web page 130 showingdetailed contents of the shop clicked to the WWW server 102.

Upon receipt of the transfer request from the client 103, the WWW server102 reads out point information file of the shop specified from thepoint information file database 109 from that point and describingdisplay data for displaying the Web page 130 onto the display datadescribing area R1, describes data for starting the auxiliary programand for displaying the start button 131 on the Web page 130. And bydescribing the point information to be read out by the CPU 52 of theclient 103 according to the auxiliary program into the comment tagdescribing area R3, the WWW server 102 forms HTML file and transmitsthis to the client 103 which sent the transfer request.

Thus, the WWW server 102 forms the HTML file actively from the timepoint when it receives the transfer request from the client 103.However, since the WWW server 102 describes the point information havingthe same contends as the display data described in the display datadescribing area R1 into the comment tag describing area R3 by using theHTML tag, the HTML file can be formed easily and simply and at the sametime, it becomes unnecessary to form and store the point informationfile, the workload for the server will be decreased.

The client 103, by receiving and analyzing the HTML file by the WWWbrowser, displays Web page 130 showing detailed contents of the shoprequested the transmission to the liquid crystal display 21.

When the start button 131 on the Web page 130 is clicked by the user,the CPU 52 reads out point information described in the comment tagdescribing area R3 according to the auxiliary program and the client 103delivers this to the digital map software 60B.

In the HTML file received by the client 103, the point information to bedelivered to the digital map software 60B is described in the commenttag describing area R3 in advance, and the point information of thecomment tag describing area R3 will be read out immediately according tothe clip operation of the start button 131.

Thus, the client 103 can read out the point information from the commenttag describing area R3 of HTML file according to the click operation ofthe start button 131 without downloading the point information and candeliver the point information to the map software 60B in real time.

With the above arrangement, the client 103 displays the users point Icon135 on the predetermined position on the map screen 120 based on the mapdata of point information, and pasting a still picture 151 of the shoppicture onto the still picture display area 138 on the users pointregister screen 136, displays comments 153 from the shop in the commentcolumn 139.

At the same time, the client 103 stores the point information read outfrom the comment tag describing area R3 in the hard disc drive 60corresponding to the users point Icon 135.

In this connection, since the client 103 reads out the point informationdescribed in the comment tag describing area R3 and rises the captureflag when it is handed over to the digital map software 60B, the pointinformation is prevented from being redelivered to the digital mapsoftware 60B when the start button 131 is re-clicked.

Furthermore, since the client 103 displays the edge of the start button131 changing its color to red when it delivers the point informationread out from the comment tag describing area R3 to the digital mapsoftware 60B, it makes the user recognize that the start button 131 isclicked and delivery of the point information has been conductedalready.

According to the foregoing construction, since the point informationreceiving system 100 transmits the HTML file formed by describing thepoint information into the comment tag describing area R3 by the WWWserver 102 to the client 103 and analyzes the HTML file received by theclient 103 using the WWW browser, and reading out the point informationdescribed in the comment tag describing area R3 according to tileauxiliary program, delivers this to the digital map software 60B, and aswell as executing the predetermined processing according to the digitalmap software 60B, stores the point information in the hard disc drive60; thus, the point information displayed on the Web page can beautomatically captured and registered onto the predetermined position onthe map screen 120 to be displayed by the digital map software 60Baccording to the click operation of the start button 131.

(6) Other Embodiments

The embodiment described above has dealt with the case of reading outthe point information showing detailed contents of the shop described inthe comment tag describing area R3 according to the auxiliary programwhen the start button 131 of the Web page is clicked by the CPU 52 ofthe client 103 and delivering this to the digital map software 60B andregistering the users point Icon 135 on the map screen 120. However, thepresent invention is not only limited to this but also when the startbutton 131 of the Web page is clicked, the point information describedin the comment tag describing area R3 may be delivered to the digitalmap software 60B and set as the target value when conducting the routesearching. In short, if the point information described in the commenttag describing area R3 can be delivered to the digital map software 60Bwhen the start button 131 of the Web page is clicked, various otherprocessings corresponding to the digital map software 60B may beconducted. In such cases, the same effects as those of the above can beobtained.

Furthermore, the embodiment described above has dealt with the case ofutilizing ActiveX control as the auxiliary program. However, the presentinvention is not only limited to this but also if the auxiliary programthat can conduct the processing, that is difficult to be executed in theHTML, on the WWW browser, various other auxiliary programs such as Javamay be used as the auxiliary program.

Furthermore, the embodiment described above has dealt with the case ofdelivering the point information showing detailed contents of the shopdescribed in the comment tag describing area R3 to the digital mapsoftware 60B based on the click operation of the start button 131.However, the present invention is not only limited to this but alsomusic word data described in the comment tag describing area R3 may bedelivered to the predetermined application based on the click operationof the start button 131 for example.

Moreover, the embodiment described above has dealt with the case ofreading out the auxiliary program according to the class ID specified atthe object tag describing area R2 from the hard disc drive 60 andreading out the point information of the comment tag describing area R3by the CPU 52 according to the auxiliary program. However, the presentinvention is not only limited to this but also the auxiliary program maybe downloaded from the WWW server 102 via the Internet based on theclass ID specified at the object tag describing area R2 and the pointinformation of the comment tag describing area R3 may be read outaccording to the auxiliary program.

Furthermore, the embodiment described above has dealt with the case ofconstructing the CPU 106 as the providing information forming means forforming HTML file as the provide information by describing pointinformation as the comment data with the format that the client 103 canread out in the comment tag describing area R3 as the comment areaaccording to the HTML file forming program as the program of theprovider side, and the WWW server 102 as the information forming meansby the interface 105 and router as the transmitting means fortransmitting HTML file to the client 103 as the information processingdevice. However, the present invention is not only limited to this butalso the information providing device may be constructed by variousother information forming means and transmission means and various othercomment data other than the point information may be transmitted to theinformation processing device.

Furthermore, the embodiment described above has dealt with the case offorming the client 103 as the information processing device by the modem66 as the receiving means for receiving the HTML file as the providinginformation formed by describing the point information as the commentdata with the format that the client 103 can read out into the commenttag describing area R3 as the comment area set by the HTML via theInternet as the network, the CPU 52 and RAM 54 as the analyzing meansfor analyzing the HTML file received according to the WWW browser andauxiliary program as the analyzing program and reading out the pointinformation of the comment tag describing area R3 and the CPU 52 as thecontrol means for delivering the point information to the digital mapsoftware 60B as the application software and conducting thepredetermined registration processing according to the digital mapsoftware 60B. However, the present invention is not only limited to thisbut also the information processing device may be constructed by variousother receiving means, analyzing means and control means. And variousother comment data other than point information may be read out anddelivered to various other application softwares and the predeterminedprocessing may be conducted.

Moreover, the embodiment described above has dealt with the case wherethe HTML file forming program as the program of provider side is readout from the hard disc of the hard disc drive 107 as the informationproviding method recording medium in the WWW server 102 and is provided.However, the present invention is not only limited to this but alsothese may be provided by means of package media such as compactdisc-read only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disc (DVD),semiconductor memory and magnetic disc to be stored temporarily orpermanently, local area network, Internet and cabled and wirelesscommunication media, such as digital satellite broadcasting. Andmoreover, these may be provided by other communication interface, suchas router and modem.

Furthermore, the embodiment described above has described the case wherethe WWW browser and auxiliary program are read out from the hard disc ofthe hard disc drive 60 as the information processing method recordingmedium in the client 103 and provided. However, the present invention isnot only limited to this but also these may be provided by the packagemedia, such as compact disc-Read only memory (CD-ROM) and digitalversatile disc (DVD), semiconductor memory and magnetic disc to bestored temporarily or permanently, local area network, Internet, cabledor wireless communication media such as digital satellite broadcasting.And moreover, these may be provided by other communication interfacesuch as router and modem.

According to the present invention as described above, since providinginformation formed by describing the comment data readable by theinformation processing device in the comment area is transmitted fromthe information providing device to the information processing device,the providing information received by the information processing deviceis analyzed according to the predetermined analyzing program, and thecomment data described in the comment area is read out and delivered tothe predetermined application software, and the predeterminedinformation processing is to be conducted according to the applicationsoftware, the comment data can be obtained immediately only by readingout the comment data of the comment area described by the informationproviding device in advance from the providing information received atthe information processing device without downloading from theinformation providing device and can be captured into the predeterminedapplication software. And thereby, the information receiving system andinformation receiving method capable of receiving the provideinformation more easily via network can be realized.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, by forming the provideinformation by describing comment data with the format readable by theinformation processing device into the comment area set by thepredetermined format and by transmitting the information to theinformation processing device via network, the comment data can beimmediately obtained only by reading out the comment data of the commentarea described in advance by the information providing device from theprovide information received at the information processing devicewithout downloading from the information providing device. And thus, aninformation providing device and information providing method capable ofconducting the reception of provide information more easily via networkcan be obtained.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, by forming the provideinformation by describing the comment data with the format that theinformation processing device can read in the comment area set with thepredetermined format, and transmitting the provide information to theinformation processing device via network, the information processingdevice can immediately obtain the comment data and can input into thepredetermined application software only by reading out the comment dataof the comment area described by the information providing device fromthe provide information received without downloading from theinformation providing device. And thereby, the information providingmethod providing medium capable of conducting the reception of provideinformation via network more easily can be realized.

Moreover, according to the present invention, since provide informationin which comment data having the readable format is described on thecomment area set with the predetermined format is received from theinformation providing device, the comment data of the comment area isread out from the provide information received and delivered to thepredetermined application software, and the predetermined informationprocessing will be conducted according to the application software, thecomment data can be obtained immediately and put into the predeterminedapplication software just by reading out the comment data of the commentarea described by the information providing device in advance from theprovide information received not downloading from the informationproviding device. And thus, an information processing device andinformation processing method capable of conducting the reception ofprovide information more easily via network can be realized.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, since the informationprocessing device receives the provide information formed by describingthe comment data with the readable format in the comment area set withthe predetermined format according to the program memorized in theinformation processing method providing medium and analyzes thisaccording to the predetermined program, and reading out the comment datadescribed in the comment area, hands it over to the predeterminedapplication software and conducts the predetermined informationprocessing according to the application software, the comment data canbe obtained immediately and can be put into the predeterminedapplication software just by reading out the comment data of the commentarea described by the information providing device in advance from theprovide information received without downloading from the informationproviding device. And thereby, an information processing methodproviding medium capable of receiving the provide information via thenetwork more easily can be realized.

While there has been described in connection with preferred embodimentsof the invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art thatvarious changes and modifications may be aimed, therefore, to cover inthe appended claims all such changes and modifications as fall withinthe true spirit and scope of the invention.

1. An information receiving system comprising an information providingdevice for providing various information formed with the predeterminedformat responding to a transfer request and an information receivingsystem formed of an information processing device for conducting theinformation processing upon receiving said provide information to betransmitted from said information providing device via the predeterminednetwork, wherein said information providing device, comprising: provideinformation forming means for forming said provide information by saidinformation processing device by describing comment data having readableformat that the information processing device can read in the commentarea set with said format according to the predetermined program of theprovider side; and transmission means for transmitting said provideinformation formed by said provide information forming means to saidinformation processing device via said network; and said informationprocessing device, comprising: receiving means for receiving saidprovide information to be transmitted via said network; analyzing meansfor analyzing said provide information received by said receiving meansaccording to the predetermined analyzing program and for reading outsaid comment data described in said comment area; and control means fordelivering said comment data read out by said analyzing means to thepredetermined application software and conducting the predeterminedinformation processing according to said application software.
 2. Theinformation receiving system according to claim 1, wherein said provideinformation is formed of hyper text markup language (HTML) file formedby the predetermined markup language.
 3. The information receivingsystem according to claim 1, wherein said provide information formingmeans of said information providing device forms said provideinformation at the time when it receives said transfer request from saidinformation processing device.
 4. The information receiving systemaccording to claim 1, wherein said analyzing means of said informationprocessing device analyzes said provide information by using the WorldWide Web (WWW) browser as said analyzing program and reads out saidcomment data described in said comment area by the auxiliary program tostart on said WWW browser.
 5. The information receiving system accordingto claim 1, wherein said control means of said information processingdevice rises a capture flag when it hands over said comment data to thepredetermined application software and prevents recapturing of saidcomment data to said application software based on the condition of saidcapture flag.
 6. An information receiving method for transmittingvarious provide information formed with the predetermined format fromthe information providing device responding to the transfer request viathe predetermined network and conducting the information processing uponreceiving said provide information transmitted by the informationprocessing device, wherein said information providing device comprisingthe steps of: forming said provide information by describing the commentdata with the format readable by said information processing device inthe comment area set with said format according to the predeterminedprogram of the provider side; and transmitting said provide informationformed by said step of forming provide information to said informationprocessing device via said network: and said information processingdevice comprising the steps of: receiving said provide information to betransmitted via said network; analyzing said provide informationreceived by said step of receiving according to the predeterminedanalyzing program and reading out said comment data described in saidcomment area; and controlling for handing over said comment data readout by said step of analyzing to the predetermined application softwareand for conducting said predetermined information processing accordingto said application software.
 7. The information receiving methodaccording to claim 6, wherein said provide information is formed ofhyper text markup language (HTML) file formed by the predeterminedmarkup language.
 8. The information receiving method according to claim6, wherein said step of forming provide information of said informationproviding device forms said provide information at the time when itreceives a transmission request from said information processing device.9. The information receiving method according to claim 6, wherein saidstep of analyzing of said information processing device analyzes saidprovide information by using the World Wide Web (WWW) as the analyzingprogram and reads out said comment data described in said comment areaby the auxiliary program to start on said WWW browser.
 10. Theinformation receiving method according to claim 6, wherein said step ofcontrolling of said information processing device rises a capture flagwhen it hands over said comment data to the predetermined applicationsoftware and prevents the recapture of said comment data to saidapplication software based on the condition of said capture flag.
 11. Aninformation providing device for providing various information formedwith the predetermined format to the information processing deviceconnected via the predetermined network in response to the transferrequest from said information processing device, comprising: provideinformation forming means for forming said provide information bydescribing the comment data with the format that said informationprocessing device can read in the comment area set by said formataccording to the predetermined program of the provider side; andtransmission means for transmitting said provide information formed bysaid provide information forming means to said information processingdevice via said network.
 12. The information providing device accordingto claim 11, wherein said provide information is formed of hyper textmarkup language (HTML) file formed by the predetermined markup language.13. The information providing device according to claim 11, wherein saidinformation forming means forms said provide information from the timewhen it receives said transfer request from said information processingdevice.
 14. An information providing method for providing variousprovide information formed with the predetermined format to theinformation processing device connected via the predetermined networkresponding to the transfer request from said information processingdevice, comprising the steps of: forming said provide information bydescribing the comment data with the format readable by said informationprocessing device in the comment area set with said format according tothe predetermined program of the provider side; and transmitting saidprovide information formed by said step of forming provide informationto said information processing device via said network.
 15. Theinformation providing method according to claim 14, wherein said provideinformation is formed of hyper text markup language (HTML) file formedby the predetermined markup language.
 16. The information providingmethod according to claim 14, wherein said step of forming provideinformation forms said provide information from the time when saidtransfer request from said information processing device is received.17. An information providing method providing medium, in which programsfor providing various provide information formed with the predeterminedformat to the information processing device connected via thepredetermined network responding to a transfer request from saidinformation processing device are memorized, and for making theinformation providing device execute the following programs, saidprograms comprising the steps of: forming said provide information bydescribing the comment data with the format readable by said informationprocessing device in the comment area set with said format according tothe predetermined program of the provider side; and transmitting theprovide information formed by said step of forming provide informationto the information processing device via said network.
 18. Theinformation providing method providing medium according to claim 17,wherein said provide information is formed of hyper text markup language(HTML) formed by the predetermined markup language.
 19. The informationproviding method providing medium according to claim 18, wherein saidstep of forming provide information forms said provide information fromthe time when said transfer request from said information processingdevice is received.
 20. An information processing device for conductinginformation processing upon receiving various provide information formedwith the predetermined format and transmitted from the informationproviding device responding to the transfer request via thepredetermined network, comprising: receiving means for receiving saidprovide information formed by describing the comment data with readableformat in the comment area set by said format via said network;analyzing means for analyzing said provide information received by saidreceiving means according to the predetermined analyzing program andreading out said comment data described in said comment area; andcontrol means for handing over said comment data read out by saidanalyzing means to the predetermined application software and forconducting the predetermined information processing according to saidapplication software.
 21. The information processing device according toclaim 20, wherein said provide information is formed of hyper textmarkup language (HTML) file formed by the predetermined markup language.22. The information processing device according to claim 20, whereinsaid analyzing means analyzes said provide information by using theWorld Wide Web (WWW) as said analyzing program, and reads out saidcomment data described in the comment area by the auxiliary programwhich rises on said WWW browser.
 23. The information processing deviceaccording to claim 20, wherein said control means, rising a capture flagwhen it hands over said comment data to the predetermined applicationsoftware, prevents recapture of said comment data to said applicationsoftware based on the condition of said capture flag.
 24. An informationprocessing method for receiving various provide information formed withthe predetermined format and transmitted from the information providingdevice in response to the transfer request via the predetermined networkand for conducting the information processing, comprising the steps of:receiving said provide information formed by describing the comment dataof readable format into the comment area set by said format via saidnetwork; analyzing the provide information received by said step ofreceiving according to the predetermined analyzing program and forreading out said comment data described into said comment area; andcontrolling for handing over said comment data read out by said step ofanalyzing to the predetermined application software and for conductingthe predetermined information processing according to said applicationsoftware.
 25. The information processing method according to claim 24,wherein said provide information is formed of hyper text markup language(HTML) file formed by the predetermine markup language.
 26. Theinformation processing method according to claim 24, wherein said stepof analyzing analyzes said provide information by using the World WideWeb (WWW) as said analyzing program and reads out said comment datadescribed in said comment area by the auxiliary program starting on saidWWW browser.
 27. The information processing method according to claim24, wherein said step of controlling, rising a capture flag when saidcomment data is handed over to the predetermined application software,prevents recapture of said comment data to said application softwarebased on the condition of said capture flag.
 28. An informationprocessing method providing medium, wherein various provide informationformed with the predetermined format are transmitted from theinformation providing device responding to the transfer request via thepredetermined network, and said information processing method providingmedium in which programs for receiving said provide informationtransmitted and conducting the information processing are memorized, andfor making the information processing device execute the followingprograms, said programs comprising the steps of: receiving said provideinformation formed by describing the comment data of readable formatinto the comment area set with said format via said network; analyzingsaid provide information received by said step of receiving according tothe prescribed analyzing program and reading out said comment datadescribed in said comment area; and controlling for handing over saidcomment data read out by said step of analyzing to the predeterminedapplication software and for conducting the predetermined informationprocessing according to said application software.
 29. The informationprocessing method providing medium according to claim 28, wherein saidprovide information is formed of hyper text markup language (HTML) fileformed by the predetermined markup language.
 30. The informationprocessing method providing medium according to claim 28, wherein saidstep of analyzing analyzes said provide information by using the WorldWide Web (WWW) browser as the analyzing program and reads out saidcomment data described in said comment area by the auxiliary programstarting on said WWW browser.
 31. The information processing methodproviding medium according to claim 28, wherein said step ofcontrolling, rising a capture flag when said comment data is handed overto the predetermined application software, prevents recapture of saidcomment data into said application software based on the condition ofsaid capture flag.